but its early and 1-3-1 might work in this game since utah is big and not as athletic as the past few teams michigan has played. Only down side is it opens up the three from the corner which utah has already exploited.

agreed - i liked how we started in man then switched into the 1-3-1 on the made baskets, caught utah a bit off guard, and also keeping their 7'3"-er out of sync, hes also slow as hell so if we can force turnovers and score in transition that'll be huge

Not during live game action. To hear the announcers practically give Izzo a handjob and let him ramble--while the game is going on--is not why I tuned in. I can see speaking to him at half time, but not interrupting the game.

that kid may be a huge douche-nozzle, but I would really like some of our players to show that kind of passion and excitement to be out there playing instead of all looking like they want to cry after every time the other team makes a basket.

I would plus a million to you if I could. I couldn't find it so I just started checking updates on the internet. How on earth did you find it on channel 557?!?!? At least I get to watch the 2nd half now.

Is it me or does Vogrich give up on shots way too early. There's been a couple offensive rebounds to his area when he's already vacated to the defensive side. I guess I can't blame him for getting on defense, especially with the 4 or 5 easy passes to a wide open guy we've already given up.

So I thought Cronin had a great defensive stretch when he was on the court that last shift. He was playing really physical with the inside guy for Utah. Looked really good in the post. He wasn't very quick getting down the floor, but once he was there, he had some solid coverage.

Honest question: When was the last time Michigan was a good rebounding team? I'm thinking, and I can't come up with any team in the last 10 years that wasn't weak on the boards.

This team could do so much in the transition game if they could only pull down a few boards here and there. Or capitalize on shooting badly from the perimeter by putting in some easy buckets inside off the rebound.

I think Stu is the third best player on this team. His assist to turnover ratio is excellent, he's the most competant ball handler at the point, and his defense is pretty solid. I can't explain the whole issue of the shooting specialist not being able to hit the broad side of a barn, but I think he is far from awful.

we started the half out playing good defense; and that kind of foiled away... started shooting the ball well too and then hit a spell - - anyone else feel like the offense was out of sync in the last 10-12 minutes of the half...

gametracker shows 10 offensive boards for utah, 11 second chance points, and 6 fast break points in the first half. and we are being outrebounded 22-9...

I didn't mean that to be defeatest or anything, but you have to be 0.500 to make the NIT. Assuming losses to UConn and Kansas, that puts us at 0.500 in the non-conference, so we'd have to do better than 0.500 in a tough looking Big Ten to qualify. That seems like a long shot at this point, no?

Peedi has had a couple moments where he's slowed way down following a miss. I know I've seen at least two plays where another player has pointed or yelled about getting back to their spot when Sims has been hanging his head and walking back down the court. Not good.

I think it was a strategic decision. We were losing at half trying to go big, so coach went small I would guess. Once we started making a run, he probably stayed with it...at least I hope that was the thinking. That, and maybe we went to a version of the offense that puts people on the perimeter more so manny can drive.

I take back everything I said about chicken little. This game was extremely disappointing. This type of performance seems to be what we are going to get this season unless somehow Jordan Morgan can somehow be some sort of savior. We are going to have to fight to get into the NIT at this point. I'm pretty baffled as to what the hell is wrong with Sims. I am going to stand behind what I said about Stu, though. He is one of the better defenders on the team, a very good passer and will get out of his shooting funk eventually.